LOG CABIN–Log Cabin City Council voted June 27 to accept the audit of the city’s 2023 finances, which the auditor described as “cash positive” as of Sept. 30 that year.
David Godwin, a Tyler-based certified public accountant who gave Log Cabin an unmodified opinion (“the best you can have,” he said), stated Log Cabin had a $396,000 unrestricted cash balance at that point. “You guys are doing well,” he remarked.
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Operation Finally Home Project Manager Ronnie Lyles (front), Tool City Manager Julius Kizzee, Mabank Housing Authority Chrissy Adams and Mabank City Secretary Kim McClaskey give words of welcome in their “Letters of Love” to the Walker Family June 26.
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Incoming Mabank High School Senior and Rodeo Queen Kira Renton carries the American flag during the grand entry ceremony of the 69th Annual Mabank Rodeo and Western Week before the national anthem June 29.
TOOL–The West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District (WCCMUD) board met for their regular meeting June 24. The board heard from Tool City Council Member and Eight at Tool Park Project Manager Vera Bennett.
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A photo at Cedar Creek Brewery in Seven Points shows the 1980s occupant of the building, Cedar Creek Plowboys Club, closed for filming “Tender Mercies.”
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Debra Wilson, who will become the principal of Malakoff ISD’s newest campus, Malakoff Intermediate School, officially starts July 1. Wilson has been with MISD since 2002 and most recently taught eighth grade U.S. History. The intermediate school will be where the middle school was previously, with the middle school moving into the former high school, which itself moves across the road into a new facility.
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Local artist Nicole Chambers paints a postcard mural at the Gun Barrel City Park to engage with park visitors just in time for summer. Make sure to stop by the park and snap a picture with this interactive mural.
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A large quantity of suspected cocaine along with a large amount of marijuana that was packaged in gallon size bags was found during the narcotics search along with a large amount of THC wax and THC Vape Cartridges were located.
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Beacon Hill hosts Business After Hours for Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce members June 7. Guests were treated to dinner, drinks and dessert. Chamber members Robert Long (from left), Public Relations Representative for Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Joy Long, Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Chair Marty Mullins and KRT Reality Group Realtor Ally Kartal mingle with colleagues at the social.
HENDERSON COUNTY—The former Chief of Police for the city of Payne Springs accepted a plea deal May 17, according to court documents. April Meadows accepted the deal after she was accused of money laundering and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance last year. Per court documents, as part of the plea deal Meadows will have to give up her peace officers license.
